Introductory concerns -- The formation of the Egyptian state (ca. 3400-2686) -- The great Pyramid builders (ca. 2686-2345) -- The end of the old kingdom and the first intermediate period (ca. 2345-2055) -- The middle kingdom (ca. 2055-1650) -- The second intermediate period and the Hyksos (ca. 1700-1550) -- The birth of empire: the early 18th dynasty (ca. 1550-1390) -- The Amarna revolution and the late 18th dynasty (ca. 1390-1295) -- The Ramessid Empire (ca. 1295-1203) -- The end of empire (ca. 1213-1070) -- The third intermediate period (ca. 1069-715) -- Egypt in the age of empires (ca. 715-332) -- Greek and Roman Egypt (332 BC-AD 395)